Cary Grant 1/18/1904 to 11/29/1986

by Maureen

Today marks the anniversary of the passing of the man, the legend, Cary Grant. On 11/29/1986 Cary Grant suffered a stroke and passed away in Davenport, Iowa where he was to perform his one man show  - An Evening With Cary Grant. His wife was by his side. His will directed that he be cremated and that there be no services. His wife scattered his ashes in So. Cal to honor his wishes. Cary Grant left behind his only daughter Jennifer Grant, who later went on to have a son named Cary Benjamin Grant.

I thought it would be fun to list some of the quotes made famous by Mr. Grant. I enjoyed reading them and I hope you do, too.

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.
I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

I think that making love is the best form of exercise.
Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.
To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.
When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.
I improve on misquotation.

There are lots more, but I didn't want to bore you more then you already are :)

PS...I've now seen 20 of his 72 movies!